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2: Forty year Hollywood veteran, and director of almost fifty films, RICHARD FLEISCHER. He's the son of the legendary cartoonist, Max Fleischer, who created Betty Boop. RICHARD FLEISCHER's films include "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "Fantastic Voyage", "Doctor Doolittle" and "Conan The Destroyer". His new memoir "Just Tell Me When to Cry" (Carroll & Graf) covers his father's competition with Walt Disney, the studio system, anecdotes about many stars, and what it's like directing a picture underwater in a deep sea diver's suit.

2: Singer LESLIE GORE. In 1963, when she was only 16, Leslie Gore recorded one of the greatest songs in rock and roll history, "It's My Party, and I'll Cry If I Want To." Gore has stayed in the business since the 60s, and she's currently performing a cabaret act at the New York City club "Rainbow and Stars."(REBROADCAST from 10

Linguist GEOFF NUNBERG talks about the computer language of the nineties, and looks at how new "information age" words sound remarkably like George Orwell''s Newspeak.

2: Satirist, radio host, columnist, and one of the creators of and performers in the mock-rock group Spinal Tap, HARRY SHEARER. He also does several voices on "The Simpsons." SHEARER has a new book of the columns he wrote for the Los Angeles Times Magazine. He'll also be appearing tomorrow at The Museum of Television & Radio in New York City, to talk about his work on "Saturday Night Live" (he was on for a while) and his syndicated radio program, "Le Show." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER ATC PROMO).

Poet and countercultural activist ALLEN GINSBERG. There's a new four-CD boxed set of Ginsberg's work, "Holy Soul Jelly Roll - Songs and Poems (1949-1993) (on Rhino's Word Beat label).

Writer Annie Lamott on being a good mother AND a phone addict.

2: Film director and screenwriter PAUL SCHRADER. His screenwriting credits include "Taxi Driver" and "The Last Temptation of Christ." Schrader's directing credits include "Light of Day," "American Gigolo," "Patty Hearst," and "The Comfort of Strangers." (REBROADCAST from 9

SENATOR PAUL SIMON. He's been spearheading the campaign in Congress against TV violence. Simon has given the networks and cable a January 1st deadline to come up with a way of regulating themselves, or face regulation by Congress.MARJORIE HEINS is the director of the ACLU Arts Censorship Project. She's also written the new book, "Sex, Sin and Blasphemy: A Guide to America's Censorship Wars." (The New Press

THOMAS FRIEDMAN is a middle east correspondent for "The New York Times," and author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning book "From Beirut to Jerusalem." He'll talk today about last week's pact between Israel and Jordan.

2: Actor JERRY ADLER. He's a former Broadway producer, director and stage manager who took up acting at the age of 62. He worked on over 53 Broadway shows before moving to L.A. where he staged managed a soap opera. On a hunch, a friend, who was casting a film, brought Adler in to read. That resulted in his first appearance as an actor in the film noir thriller, "The Public Eye." Since then, ADLER has acted in a number of television shows. He's now starring in the new Woody Allen film, "Manhatten Murder Mystery."

A STEREO in the studio concert and interview with singer/songwriter, guitarist RICHARD THOMPSON. He was a founding member of the band Fairport Convention in the late 1960's. He's since gone solo and is known for his dark songs which blend elements of British folk ballads, the blues, and rock n' roll. His latest album is "Mirror Blue," (Capitol). A retrospective collection of his work was released last year, "Watching the Dark: The History of Richard Thompson," (on Rykodisc.) (THIS CONCERT & INTERVIEW continues into the second half of the show, and the review segements).

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews: "Kay Boyle: Author of Herself," by Joan Mellen.